Consider the earth and a cloud layer 700 meter above the


Consider the Earth and a cloud layer 700 meter above the planet to be the plates of a parallel-plate capacitor.

(a) If the cloud layer has an area of 4.0 km2 = 4000000 m2, determine what is the capacitance?

F

(b) If an electric field strength greater than 3 x 106 N/C causes the air to break down and conduct charge (lightning), obtain the maximum charge the cloud can hold?

C

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